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Re: Master Hood's cross-staff. was Re: The backstaff....
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Nov 07, 18:09 -0500
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Nov 07, 18:09 -0500
Nicol�s de Hilster wrote: > Nope, I did not hide it on my web site, it simply was not there yet, but > it is now. Information on Master Hood's cross-staff is now available > from: http://www.dehilster.info/instrumenten/masterhood/index.html Cool! Today, I had to go into the city, so I spent the afternoon at the reference library and went through 5 books on the history of marine navigation, including May's*. I got to see some diagrams of it and other instruments I'd not seen before. May's book is a good source for history buffs. Looking at your web page, I saw the note about finding a way to hold the Hood instrument level. May's book states that you hold it against your torso (!) but D.W. Waters** says it should be held to the eye and the horizon sighted to ensure it's level. May mentions what you find - the wind is a problem with such an instrument. * A History of Marine navigation ** The Art of Navigation in England in ELizabethan and Early Stuart Times. You are doing some amazing stuff. I'm both impressed and envious. Keep it up! Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---